Welcome to Blackboard at Haverford.

Blackboard is Haverford’s Course Management system. This system, shared with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore, is used in many of your courses, and may also be used for student groups or other organizations. Instructors post the syllabus and course readings for classes and may also use this for group projects, class discussions, practice exams, or storing your grades.

To assure you will be able to use this when classes start, we have designed a short quiz to make you familiar with the program. Students who complete the quiz before 8:00 AM Tuesday, August 26 will be entered into a drawing to win a nifty prize. Last year we gave out two iPod Shuffles and a color printer. If you do not complete this during the summer, you will be required to do so after arriving on campus.

You must log onto Blackboard to take the quiz. However, before accessing your Blackboard account for the first time, you need to learn your Blackboard username and set your Blackboard password. Follow the steps below.

You must activate your Haverford email account before you can log onto Blackboard. Your Blackboard account has a different username and password than your Haverford email account. However, your Blackboard username is similar to your email username. Your Blackboard username has the format hc.username  where “username” is your Haverford email username For example, if Jane User's Haverford email address is juser, her Blackboard username is hc.juser.

1. To create a your Blackboard password use the Blackboard Password Utility (https://blackboard.swarthmore.edu/webapps/blackboard/password).
2. Enter your First name and Last name exactly as you entered it on your college application, including capitalization and punctuation. Then enter your Blackboard username (explained in the box above). Click the submit button.
   
   
   
3. Check your Haverford email (or the account to which you are forwarding this mail) for instructions on setting your password.
4. Log onto Blackboard (blackboard.haverford.edu) with your Blackboard username and Blackboard password.
5. Enter the START HERE new student course.
6. A navigation menu on the side takes you to the required Blackboard quiz, as well as a discussion board for you to communicate with other new students.
7. When finished, log out of Blackboard. Feel free to log back in at any time.

Problems? Call the Computing Help Desk Monday to Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM at 610-896-1480 or email helpdesk@haverford.edu.